Christmas Eve started out a little different from planned. I had a doctor appointment first thing in the morning and then ran to get some blood work done. I took Luke's truck so I could also go pick up Luke's Christmas gift from a friend's house. The kids were just itching for me to get back home, so we could leave and drive up to Grandma and Grandpa Hogue's house. They knew they were going to be able to open gifts, so they were absolutely besides themselves. When I pulled up to the house around 11:20am, they were out in the driveway...waiting as patiently as possible in their pajamas! Let's get the Christmas Eve festivities rolling.....
When we got to Bear Valley, we had our traditional breakfast lunch/dinner feast. Lots of good food...as usual. (I could eat breakfast food for every meal.)
We had sausage bread, sweet breads, fruit, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, and french toast casserole. For dessert there were pies, ice cream cake and Christmas cookies.You know I am all about the food...so I had to snap a picture of the dessert. :)
After we ate we exchanged Christmas gifts! I think everyone was pleasantly surprised by all of the wonderful and thoughtful gifts! Somehow I managed to NOT get a family picture this year. I guess I am a little scatter brained this year. :(
Merry Christmas Eve!! XOXOX
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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